The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-09
SOUTH CAROLINA.

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SOUTH CAROLINA.
The citizens of Rock Hill are agitating
the question of establishing graded school.
Some gold mining machinery that cost
81 900 was recently sold in Lancaster county
for 1912 so.
The Ledger is trying to rouse Lancaster
to the importance of the establishment of a
graded school.
Gen ~ C. Butler will deliver an address
at the closing exercises of the Greenwood
Male College in June.
Mai. j. Marion DORM of Dornville, in the
northwestern part of Edgefield county, is
shipping lumber from Mccormick to White
Path, Ga.
Arrangements have been completed for
an extensive brick making establishment at
Laurens 1t will furnish material to build
the factory.
The monument erected to the memory of
the late Rev. James f. Buist will be I'M
yelled at Bamberg on May 13 with appro-
PIRATE ceremonies.
More than 80, 900 grape vines have been
planted in the vineyards in and around
Walhalla The number planted is increasing
largely year by year.
The election held at Newberry on Tuesday
to decide the question of paying the Mayor
an annual salary of $500 resulted in a ma
iority of l03 in favor of salary.
Last year s. A Philson, of Laurens county,
on three-quarters of an acre of land, raised
sixty-three gallons of syrup, $50 bundles Of
fodder, and twelve bushels of seed. q
Billings and Reid, two negroes of Rock
Hill, had shooting match at the depot
Friday. The station agent had them ar
rested They are incareefated awaiting
trial.
Col Marion Sanders, of the Governors
staff, who had his foot badly hurt by his
horse falling on him in the Calhoun process
sion in.Charleston on April 26, has about
recovered from the injury.
The election of two negroes as policemen,
to the exclusion of four white applicants,
one of whom was a member of the force
last year, has excited universal surprise and
condemnation in Georgetown.
C. C. Levy, a colored butcher of Camden,
has sent a model of q cotton chopper to the
Patent Office to see if he can get patent on
it. This is the third cotton chopper for
Camden-one being already patented.
1t is yet undetermined whether the At
lantic Coast Line will extend its road
through Balnwell county via Blackville, or
higher up through Aiken county. They
seek the nearest route consistent with easy
avoid the town of Aiken.
Wheeler & Mosely's gin house, at Pros
perity, was burned a few days ago 1t
caught from a spark from the engine of
their steam mill Loss upwards of 81 900
on the building, gin, press and condenser,
together with a lot of Acme harrows,
wagon bodies and cotton seed. No insur-
ance.
Joseph Wylie, one of Chester's prominent
citizens, bought at the Clerks sale on Mon
day comfortable and pretty house and lot,
for which he gave 81, 800 The same day he
made deed Of this desirable property to the
elders, deacons and their successors of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Chester, to be used as a parsonage.
A number of gentlemen at Sumter are
organizing movement to raise an artillery
company They have quite number of
names enrolled, and there is no reason why
they should not meet with success There
is one very good gun in Sumter, which they
will use, and several other pieces can no
doubt be obtained from the State.
The eleventh annual convention of the
Colored Baptists of South Carolina was
called to order on Wednesday morning.
May 4, in Columbia, by its President, the
Rev. ]. p. Brockington. The convention
met in Cavalry Baptist church on East
Richland street. Every section of South
Carolina was represented, and the assem-
blage of delegates formed an exceedingly in
telligent body of men. The convention
closed last night
Since the announcement of Col. Orr's in
tentiou of not accepting reelection as So
licitor Of the Eighth circuit, some careful
inquiries have been made to secure list of
probable applicants for the position. There
are five counties in the circuit, and it is def
nitely known that there will be at least one
candidate from each The Hon. M. +. Ansel
and the Hon. w. A. Williams will certainly
be in the race from Greenville, and there
seems to be full ground to enter the follow
ing gentlemen as competitors from the other
counties of the district: J. s. Werner of
Oconee, r. A. Child of Pickens George E.
Prince of Anderson, and w. g. MCGOWAN
of Abbeville. 1t is considered not unlikely
that other candidates will appear.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Newberry Cotton Mills was held Thurs
day. The President made his report, which
showed an increase of 500, 800 in the capital
stock during the past year The mill is now
filed and is running TO- 900 spindles and 800
looms, and uses 100 bales of cotton per week.
The goods made are standard and heavy
brown shirtings, and a ready sale is found
for all manufactured Mt fair prices The
mill now has enough cotton on hand to run
five months, which was purchased at the
low prices Of last fall. The outlook is en-
couraging and the business for the past
year has been satisfactory. The present
directors and officers were reelected. There
are now pa at work in the mill, 81 males
and 100 females. There are 81 tenement
houses in cen lection with the mill and oc-
cupied by tine operative. The mill is a
handsome brick structure and one of the
best in the South and it is built and owned
principally by home ENTERPRISE and home.
capital